05-23-2016 08:45 AM
BY JOE SKREBELS An Oculus Rift security update seen by many to be a response to Revive - the mod that allows players to play Oculus-exclusive games on the HTC Vive VR headset - has backfired, allowing for full-scale game piracy.
Talking to Motherboard, Revive's secretive developer, Libre VR explained that the update - which now includes a pre-game launch check to see if an Oculus is being used to play - actually allows for the entire security check to be bypassed.
On Reddit, Libre VR said: "I still do not support piracy, do not use this library for pirated copies." He also confirmed that if he found a way to keep Revive's core functionality without bypassing the security checks and allowing for piracy, he would implement it.
When Revive was first released, Oculus told IGN: "This is a hack, and we don’t condone it. Users should expect that hacked games won’t work indefinitely, as regular software updates to games, apps, and our platform are likely to break hacked software."
It's likely that the company will now seek to counter this latest loophole sooner rather than later. IGN has reached out for comment.
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05-24-2016 03:50 PM
Syrellaris said:
@Charliehobbes Sorry, I respectfully, fully disagree with you. Also, I do know that the Rift requires and SDK, I also know what an SDK is and even so, the Rift is still a screen and not a platform like say, the playstation 4. Specially so, since Oculus Home is not required to make the Rift work.
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05-24-2016 04:23 PM
Zenbane said:
That is complete falsehood @Gigantoad
You should spend time understanding what a platform is before you allow a hardware device with lenses to trick you in to believing that it's just a screen.
These days, you can’t go five minutes without hearing someone talk about platforms. The term is almost a buzzword. As I explain in The Age of the Platform: How Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google Have Redefined Business, a platform is merely a structure made up of “planks,” or integrated features. For instance, Google in 1998 wasn’t a platform; it was a really neat search engine. By adding planks such as Gmail, Maps, Docs, Voice, YouTube, and countless others, it became a true platform.
http://www.inc.com/phil-simon/why-your-company-should-build-platform.html
05-24-2016 04:24 PM
Gigantoad said:
The platform is PC in that case, or maybe Steam. Although Steam kinda stands for the PC platform these days and is really just a store. Just like the Oculus store.
05-24-2016 04:32 PM
CharlieHobbes said:
Gigantoad said:
The platform is PC in that case, or maybe Steam. Although Steam kinda stands for the PC platform these days and is really just a store. Just like the Oculus store.
This is where I have to stop taking you seriously.
"Steam kinda stands for the PC platform these days"
Congratulations, Gabe has you.
You apparently consider a for-profit digital distribution store to actually BE all things PC.
following that up with "is really just a store" doesn't remove your foot from your mouth.
Steam = PC gaming for you, I get it.
05-24-2016 04:33 PM
Gigantoad said:
If an HMD is a platform, what is PSVR? A platform within a platform?
The Rift is only a platform because Oculus chose to call it that. The Vive is never called a platform as far as i can tell. The platform is PC in that case, or maybe Steam. Although Steam kinda stands for the PC platform these days and is really just a store. Just like the Oculus store.
But hey, that Oculus store has small chances to succeed anyway. Steam is a store for all PC games, meanwhile Oculus try to establish a store just for VR. Project Cars players can all play with each other on Steam, VR users can even play with regular players. How incredible is that.